R.E. DeRussy letter, 1838 Dec. 1.

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R.E. DeRussy letter, 1838 Dec. 1.

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In his letter to Benjamin L. C. Wailes, Washington, Miss., DeRussy declines an offer of a position as a teacher of mathematics and civil engineering at Jefferson College.

1 item (2 leaves) ; 20 x 25 cm.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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De Russy, René Edward, 1790-1865

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Edward De Russy was born into a family of ethnic French planters in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) on February 22, 1789. Two years later, soon after the birth of his younger brother Lewis, the De Russy family fled the violence of the slave revolution and settled in Old Point Comfort, Virginia. At the age of 18, De Russy enrolled in the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York on March 20, 1807; he graduated on June 10, 1812, at the bottom of his class. After...

Jefferson College (Washington, Miss.)

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Wailes, Benjamin L. C. (Benjamin Leonard Covington), 1797-1862

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Planter and educator of Mississippi. From the description of Benjamin L.C. Wailes diary excerpt, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981286 Agriculturist, geologist, and naturalist, of Washington County, Miss. From the description of Papers, 1843-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20273418 Scientist and planter, chiefly remembered for his interest in soil, rocks, fossils, plants and animal life. Collected specimens in all these field...